Word · Frequency #3694
faints
昏厥；晕厥
faints is the plural of faint.
核心释义
a sudden, brief loss of consciousness caused by a lack of blood to the brain; the act of fainting
- 1.
昏厥,晕厥
The act of fainting, syncope.
- 2.
因脑部供血不足而突然失去知觉
a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
昏厥,晕厥；因脑部供血不足而突然失去知觉；昏厥；昏倒
用法In use
She had a sudden faint during the ceremony.
用法提示：名词，表示一次晕厥事件。
After standing in the sun too long, he collapsed in a faint.
用法提示：名词，与介词in搭配，表示晕倒的状态。
The patient has had several faints this week due to low blood pressure.
用法提示：名词复数形式，表示多次晕厥事件。
have a faint
指一次具体的晕厥发作，常用于口语。
She had a faint in the school hallway.
她在学校走廊里晕倒了。
suffer a faint
suffer 强调经历不适或病痛。
He suffered a faint after standing up too quickly.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- dead faint
- 完全昏迷
- He was in a dead faint for nearly an hour.他完全昏迷了近一个小时。
- in a faint
- 处于昏厥状态
- She lay in a faint, unable to hear us.她昏迷不醒，听不见我们说话。
- fall in a faint
- 昏倒
- He fell in a faint when he heard the terrible news.听到那个可怕的消息时，他昏倒了。
- feign a faint
- 假装昏倒
- The actress feigned a faint to create drama.那位女演员假装昏倒以制造戏剧效果。
- recover from a faint
- 从昏厥中苏醒
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
看 f 像一个人歪倒，faint 就是昏厥倒下；联想“f 一倒，人就 faint”。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：medical reports、formal writing、literary narrative 名词义项“昏厥”通常用于正式或书面语境，多见于医疗描述和文学叙述。日常口语中比较常用动词 faint 或 blackout，用名词 faint 会显得较正式。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词，复数形式为faints。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
押韵词（均读 /eɪnt/）：paint、saint、quaint；feint 与 faint 同音（/feɪnt/），但拼作 -eint。注意 pint 拼写相似但读 /paɪnt/，不要与 /eɪnt/ 混淆。
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.